Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, December 11, 2017 Klingon word: QIp Part of speech: verb Definition: be stupid Source: TKD This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh@kli.org).
Klingon word: QIp Part of speech: verb Definition: be stupid Source: TKD _______________________________________________ Do'Ha' QIp qabpaqwIj. [untranslated FaceBook message] (MO to Andre, 2/11/2014) SEE ALSO: jIv be ignorant (v) val be clever, smart, intelligent (v) po' be expert, skilled (v) qoH fool (n) "The ignorant can be educated, but stupid is forever." (Aristophanes)
Klingon word: QIp Part of speech: verb Definition: be stupid
Voragh wrote:
"The ignorant can be educated, but stupid is forever." (Aristophanes)
I have to retract this quotation showing the difference between ignorance and stupidity. I tried to identify which of Aristophanes' plays was the source for this - I don't remember where I read it - but discovered that apparently none of them are. The full quotation is supposedly: Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aristophanes however reveals: Fictional attribution in the movie "The Emperor's Club" (2002), given by Kevin Kline (as William Hundert); also attributed to Diogenes, without sources; no published occurrences of this statement prior to the movie have been located in any of the Aristophanes Plays or Fragments. There is an American saying which is a favorite of Judge Judith Sheindlin ("Judge Judy"): Beauty fades; dumb is forever. -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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